BMI Stock — Badger Meter, Inc.

Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BMI is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.39%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.30%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 67/100 (Generally safe). Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 39.3%.

Badger Meter manufactures flow measurement, control, and communication solutions for water utilities and industrial applications, offering smart metering systems, flow instrumentation products, and cloud-based software platforms for water management and leak detection. The company pays a modest current distribution rate on a quarterly basis. The stock may appeal to income investors seeking exposure to essential water infrastructure and utility technology markets.

BMI performance

Returns are updating. BMI's total return appears here after the next nightly update.

Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 39.3%.

BMI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

67 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.93%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/21/1973

Distribution rate

1.39%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.30%

5-year average yield

0.72

Last close

$126.48 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$3,666,256,409

Average volume

308114.0

Dividend

$0.44

Ex-dividend date

08/28/2026

Payment date

09/11/2026

Beta

0.638

Payout ratio

38.3%

P/E ratio

29.55

Forward P/E

26.178

EPS

$4.28

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.39%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.30%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BMI risks and drawbacks

BMI's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 39.3%.

Who may consider BMI — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BMI pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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